The month’s difference between the September Gothenburg Book Fair and the October Frankfurt Book Fair is no time at all in pandemic terms, and the decision to hold a hybrid in-person and virtual Buchmesse this year has raised many eyebrows. Not so much that the announcement was a surprise – the Buchmesse organisers had already … Continue reading Sweden’s Gothenburg Book Fair plays safe with a 100% digital event as Frankfurt adopts a hybrid model many see as too high a risk